The Best Tapas in Girona
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We ate tapas for our first meal in Girona, Spain.
Don’t get us wrong. We arrived ready, willing and able to try all of the great food to be found in Costa Brava, but first we had to satisfy our love of tapas. We adore the concept of small plates topped with delicacies like olives, jamón ibérico and patatas bravas (fried potatoes covered in spicy sauce).
For us, this type of meal is the perfect comfort food, which is what we wanted after a full day of travel. Many people travel to Girona since it’s a great base for cycling in Costa Brava, but we came to eat.
Planning a Girona Trip?
Book these early. Girona is a popular destination.
- Food Tours: Original Girona Food and Market Tour with Girona Food Tours
- Local Experiences: Girona food experiences with locals on Airbnb or a Game of Thrones walking tour
- Day Trip: Costa Brava and medieval villages tour from Girona
- Places to Stay: Hotels at all price points or an Airbnb apartment with a kitchen
- Rental Car: Rent a car for trips around Costa Brava and Empordà. You won’t need one in Girona.
But where to eat? Based on a recommendation by Ricard, our helpful apartment manager, we headed to König, a local Girona favorite. Founded over 40 years ago, König has seven locations in the Girona province plus two in Barcelona. Lucky for us, one of the Girona locations was just a few blocks from our apartment.
Did we like König? Well, let’s just say that we ate at three different König locations during our first week in Girona.
König has all of our favorite tapas dishes. After eating small plates of jamón ibérico, artichokes, croquettes and octopus, we found that one plate stood out as our favorite.
Surprisingly, we liked König’s deceptively simple patatas bravas the most. Made with fresh (not frozen) potatoes and topped with an addictive sauce, those fried potatoes were downright perfect. We were fine to save eating Gambas al Ajillo (our favorite tapas dish) in Spain for another day.
As an added bonus, König’s full menu includes a selection of beers fitting for the restaurant’s German name. We drank a lot of good beer in Germany, and this trend is continuing in Girona as we discovered when tasting the König 1973 Black. Oh,, the burgers are good too.
König has multiple locations. See the restaurant’s website for the one closest to you.
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